By Staff Writer Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio has appointed 32-year-old Salima Mormorna Bah as the new Minister of Communication, Technology, and Innovation. Bah, will now lead Sierra Leone’s digital journey developing initiatives that promote the use of technology to develop the country. Bak holds an LLB (Hons) degree from the University of Wales (Holborn...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) on Tuesday released results for the 2023 National Primary School Examination (NPSE). The results show that 8 (73%) of the 11 top performers are girls. Davies Floydalin from the Murray-Deen Preparatory School took the first position with aggregate 339; Davies Floyd from...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Doctor Brima Sesay a District Medical Officer Northern, was on Friday July 14th 2023, arraigned for the Crime of Fraudulent Conversion before Magistrate Isata Sellu Tucker of Court No 2. Pademba Road, Freetown, for allegedly duping a Sierra Leonean US Citizen thousands of dollars and several items and fail to pay her.The...Read More
By Alimatu Jalloh Augustine Fasuluku and Moses Musa, two accused persons were on Monday 10th July 2023 docked before Magistrate Sahr Kekura of Ross Road Court No.1 in Freetown for the offence of Housebreaking and Larceny and for Receiving Stolen goods respectively.The accused persons were apprehended on 27th June 2023 by Detective Sergeant 9685 Sesay...Read More
Magistrate Sahr Kekura of Ross Road Court No.1 on Monday July 17, 2023 remanded Ibrahim Kebay, Yusuf Kamara in the male correctional Centre and Isatu Kamara at the Female Correctional Centre respectively after the trio were implicated in the stealing of 200 bags of Parboiled Indian Rice. Kebay and Kamara are charged with the stealing of...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker The Ministry of Sports will for the first time get a female Minister. Mrs. Augusta James-Teima was appointed by H. E President Julius Maada Bio on Saturday. She is the treasurer of the Sierra Leone Athletics Association. She is also a lecturer and head of the Physical Health Education Department at...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Magistrate Santigie Bangura of Pademba Road court No3 on Monday, July 17, 2023 remanded Mohamed Lamin Turay for allegedly killing his brother Ibrahim Turay. The accused is charged with one count of murder contrary to law. According to the particulars of the offence, the accused on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, at Pyke...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu President Julius Maada Bio on Saturday, July 15, 2023, appointed the leader of the Nation Grand Coalition (NGC) party, Alhaji Dr Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella (KKY) as the Chairman, Presidential Initiative for Climate Change, Renewable Energy and Food Security. His appointment came following the re-election of President Bio for a second term...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has urged newly appointed/elected and former public officials to declare their income, assets and liabilities to the Commission. “The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) wishes to remind all newly appointed/elected and former Public Officers that Section 119 (1) of the Anti-Corruption Act 2008 as repealed and replaced by Section...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The Independent Procurement Review Panel (IPRP) on Friday urged the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) to adhere to public procurement laws to avoid evaluation processes that are not in tune with the 2016 Public Procurement Acts and Statutory Regulations, 2020. The Panel said in its ruling that...Read More
